The Strait of Hormuz: A Flashpoint in the Middle East's Endless Summer The recent strike on a Togo flagged tanker by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is just the latest manifestation of simmering tensions in the Gulf.
The US and its allies have been grappling with an increasingly assertive Tehran, which has led to escalating tensions between Iran and the West.
The Strait of Hormuz has long been a flashpoint, a narrow chokepoint through which one fifth of global oil supplies pass.